Fay, Regan J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Regan Fay focuses on intellectual property litigation, especially patent and trademark law litigation. He has tried cases in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission. He also has practiced extensively before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent and trademark offices. His experience includes all phases of intellectual property agreements, extensive trademark counseling, and computer software litigation and agreements.

Regan has considerable experience in matters involving the chemical arts. He is serving as the lead lawyer in defending a major chemical company in a multipatent infringement suit in which the plaintiff-patentee's motion for preliminary injunction has already been successfully defeated.

Regan is a member of the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (secretary from 1990 to 1992 and president from 1996 through 1997). He lectured at Case Western Reserve University Law School on patent and trademark law from 1976 to 1986.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Trial Practice
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Patent Litigation
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Life Sciences
• Federal Circuit and IP Appeals
• ITC Section 337
• Patent Prosecution
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation

Representative Cases

• ABB defends against Plutus group patents on energy management and proposals , (2009)
• Bridgestone nullifies suit on patent involving silica for tire compositions
• Bridgestone reaches settlement after lengthy dispute involving misappropriation of trade secrets
• Bridgestone successfully defends against patent infringement and breach of contract charges brought by Polymer Industrial Products
• Bridgestone successfully defends against patent infringement claims brought by Seiberling
• Bridgestone/Firestone establishes patent portfolio for silica filler in rubber tires
• Cleveland Browns NFL team defends against trademark infringement case
• ComparisonMarket.com defends against patent infringement claim regarding sales proposals
• Eastman Chemical Co. resolves patent infringement dispute over plastic laminates following mediation
• Eastman Chemical files patent infringement charges against BASF
• Eastman Chemical prevails in patent infringement action brought by Wellman involving PET , (2009)
• Eastman Chemical wins dismissal in infringement action over patent for equipment computer software control
• Eastman Kodak prevails in action against Goodyear for infringement of patent relating to PET manufacturing process , (2009)
• Figgie International defends against patent infringement claims
• GE settles favorably patent infringement action involving polycrystalline diamond drill bits
• Hamilton Beach resolves patent infringement suit resulting in product withdrawal
• Hamilton Beach settles patent dispute over air filters resulting in defendant's product withdrawal
• Hand Held Products acquired by Honeywell
• Hand Held Products resolves patent infringement dispute over scanners and imaging
• Motor Wheel Corp. pursues patent litigation against Superior Industries
• P&G enforces trademark rights over foreign imports
• Park-Ohio Industries resolves trademark dispute involving foreign imports
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame obtains TRO against Jewish Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in trademark case
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame wins favorable summary judgment in infringement case involving use of photographs
• Sherwin-Williams defends against patent infringement action for automotive paint pen
• Sherwin-Williams settles favorably in patent infringement suit involving paint can

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• George Washington University
• Massachusetts Inst of Tech

Published Works

• Patent Infringement Damages in the United States of America, coauthor, 20/20 for the Twenty-First Century, 1999
• Nurturing Your Intellectual Property, Management Review, pages 62-63, 1993
• The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — Is it Pro Patent? coauthor, Cleveland Bar Journal, pages 318-321, 1985
• Certain Incontestable Patents Are Warranted, coauthor, 60 Journal of the Patent Office Society 27, 1978
• Conception of a Chemical Compound — Is a Mental Formation of Utility Required? 56 Journal of the Patent Office Society 482, 1974

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7327 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

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